I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
answering machine; answer phone
on duty; at work; while working
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
even if; even though; however; no matter how
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
woman; female; feminine gender
feeling; sense; impression
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
sympathy; compassion; pity
place; room; margin; scope
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)